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Mistakenly drug Lenin's subordinate (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

underling

'subordinate' is the definition.
(I know that subordinate can be written as underling)

'mistakenly drug lenin's' is the wordplay.
'mistakenly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'drug'+'lenin'='druglenin'
'druglenin' with letters rearranged gives 'UNDERLING'.

(Other definitions for underling that I've seen before include "Subordinate" , "maid perhaps" , "A junior" , "Lackey" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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